Google Adds TV Show Data to Search Results

Google today rolled out updated search results with more details about TV shows.

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Wondering when the next episode of Marvel Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. airs? Just Google it. The Web giant today rolled out updated search results with more details about TV shows.

TV watchers no longer have to sift through crowded network websites to find details about favorite programs. Type "agents of shield tv show" into the query box and you'll find episode numbers, titles, and air dates neatly listed in the right column.

If you miss an episode or just want a refresher before next week's installment, click on an episode title to find relevant results (mostly show recaps). The hidden feature is part of an expansion of Google's usual fare  ratings, a Wikipedia-based description, and cast and crew details  and part of its Knowledge Graph.

Though only a minimal add-on, the boost is garnering rave reviews from users, many of whom offered their thanks and support to Google.

Nathan Highton agree, writing, "I always have to Wiki these [sorts] of things, nice if I can get a shortcut to it."

Google's move is the latest in the growing partnership between the Internet and television, which allows anyone to catch up with their favorite shows online or have real-time chats about live events.

Earlier this week, Twitter formally launched its partnership with Nielsen to deliver reports about TV-related conversations on the micro-blogging site. Among its first: The Oct. 3 season premiere of ABC's Scandal generated more than 700,000 tweets  a 24 percent jump over previous episodes.

But those numbers didn't happen organically, according to Twitter. The show's staff worked hard for those tweets, rallying fans with show-specific hashtags like #gladiators and live tweet sessions with the cast.

Social media-friendly fans helped push Scandal into the No. 1 position this week, beating Saturday Night Live, two nights of The Voice, and Glee, among other popular shows. In fact, the ABC drama earned 712,900 tweets, towering over the No. 2 program  Miley: The Movement on MTV, which received only 142,000.

Stephanie began as a PCMag reporter in May 2012. She moved to New York City from Frederick, Md., where she worked for four years as a multimedia reporter at the second-largest daily newspaper in Maryland. She interned at Baltimore magazine and graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (in the town of Indiana, in the state of Pennsylvania) with a degree in journalism and mass communications.
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